Use of the metastatic lymph node ratio to evaluate the prognosis of esophageal cancer patients with node metastasis following radical esophagectomy.
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to investigate the number of metastatic lymph nodes (pN) and the metastatic lymph node ratio (MLR) on the post-surgical prognosis of Chinese patients with esophageal cancer (EC) and lymph node metastasis. METHODS: We enrolled 353 patients who received prim...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3767826?pdf=render |